Almost 7 year old behaving like teenager! Normal?

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DD (almost 7) has become a moody, eye rolling, grumpy child over the last month or so. I don't recognise her and thought we had a good few years before it kicked in.
I'm dreading the teenage year now.

For every one else she's still the sweetest thing. But she seems to be determined to be mean to her close family. Her little brother is often suffering.

Every now and then she goes back to the sweet innocent child and I miss it so much.

I've read there's a bit of a hormone surge at this age. Does it pass or do I have to deal with this for the foreseeable future.

To add, she has a good diet and very little screen time (no tablet / a couple of hours of TV in a week) so she's not being influenced from things she watches.

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Has anything happened recently that might have unsettled her? Have you tried talking to her to understand if something is bothering her? I’m no expert as my DC are younger but it seems very young to be ‘teenage’. I don’t suppose there is a new baby in the family?

Nothing to unsettle her. Very normal and stable home life. No new babies or any changes of any kind. Very happy at school but comes out skipping and smiling and the second we get in the car it starts.

'Strap me in!'
If I tell her she needs to do it herself it's loads of eye rolling and 'why are you making me do this?' Just like Kevin the teenager.
If I do do it for her she complains that I'm too close to her and that I need to hurry up.

This is just an example. I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't.

Yes my 7yo is also suddenly stropping around 😅 teacher said she sees it often when there's a growth spurt, maybe hormones? Nothing much has helped us besides trying to find calm moments to connect, reading in the evening works for us. Still get the tantrums though!

We could do with a growth spurt. She's about a foot smaller than her friends!!

My dc used to get like this during the summer term. You'll get her back again over the school summer holidays. I think at this time of year they've just had enough and need to recharge their batteries a bit.

Yup totally normal! My 7 year old girl is a nightmare at times.

My 6.5 year old is going through this currently. I want to throttle her most days but I smile and try to let it go. I'm hoping normal service is resumed soon.

Seen this is a month or so old, so I would assume it was a case of end-of-term-itis. Is it a bit better now you’ve had the summer OP?

All back to normal now. She's delightful, helpful and well behaved!
I feel a bit like she's young for her years and the break from school has let her be herself again and enjoy her brother.
I think she's acting older than she wants to at school.

Ah good! End-of-term-itis is real!